secretly an evil genius
Nov. 12th, 2009 04:35 pm![[personal profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cheloyaBest Linux Prank Ever: EXECUTED.
Tom did the actual executing because he has no self control - I was perfectly happy to save it for a rainy day. But no. We all had the same password, so he ssh'd into Gary's machine and changed his command prompt to
[user@host ~] sudo rm -r /
Complete with new line so that it looked like it was executing. This command? Deletes everything on your computer. (EVERYTHING. DON'T DO IT.) This one wouldn't execute - it would just LOOK that way. It was going to be epic, although possibly distressing for Gary.
And then the trainer chose that moment to demonstrate remote access... into Gary's machine.
So that the 'delete everything' command was up on the projector, and the trainer was going :|, as was the rest of the class. Even the trainer thought we had actually made it execute. Talk about the best stage for a practical joke ever, omg.
Anyway, it served as a nice practical lesson as to why you should never let anyone know your password or your root password. Ever.
Also? IT WAS AMAZING.
Seriously, I generally abhor practical jokes, but this one was too perfect.
Tom did the actual executing because he has no self control - I was perfectly happy to save it for a rainy day. But no. We all had the same password, so he ssh'd into Gary's machine and changed his command prompt to
[user@host ~] sudo rm -r /
Complete with new line so that it looked like it was executing. This command? Deletes everything on your computer. (EVERYTHING. DON'T DO IT.) This one wouldn't execute - it would just LOOK that way. It was going to be epic, although possibly distressing for Gary.
And then the trainer chose that moment to demonstrate remote access... into Gary's machine.
So that the 'delete everything' command was up on the projector, and the trainer was going :|, as was the rest of the class. Even the trainer thought we had actually made it execute. Talk about the best stage for a practical joke ever, omg.
Anyway, it served as a nice practical lesson as to why you should never let anyone know your password or your root password. Ever.
Also? IT WAS AMAZING.
Seriously, I generally abhor practical jokes, but this one was too perfect.
